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Fever Vocabulary
Last-minute memorizing vocab words for Fever book
Term | Definition |
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Abhor | Regard with disgust and hatred |
Rouse | Bring out of sleep, waken / cause to feel angry or excited |
Droned | Make a continuous low humming sound / Speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone / move with a continuous humming sound |
Teemed | Be full of or swarming with |
Apothecary | A person who prepared and sold minerals and drugs |
Victuals | Food or provisions, typically a prepared for consumption / provide with food or other stores |
Robust | Strong and healthy; vigorous / sturdy in construction / able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions / uncompromising and forceful / strong and rich in flavor or smell |
Spinster | An unmarried woman, typically and older woman beyond the age for marriage |
Miasma | A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor / an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere that surrounds or emanates from something |
Bilious | Affected by or associated with vomiting / spiteful, bad- tempered |
Conceded | Admit that something is true or invalid after first denying or resisting it / admit in a contest / admit defeat in / surrender or yield / grant / fail to prevent the scoring of by and opponent / allow to slip |
Fervent | Having or displaying a passionate intensity / hot, burning, or glowing |
Pleurisy | Inflammation of the pleurae, which impairs their lubricating function and causes pain when breathing. It is caused by pneumonia, and other diseases of the chest or abdomen |
Impudent | Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent |